To cope with the uninterrupted increase in the price of fuel, the Government is considering new aid in line with the inflation allowance. But this could be reserved for the active. Its nature remains to be defined.
The distribution of the exceptional inflation allowance promised by the Government to French people earning less than €2,000 net per month individually has been underway since last December, and is gradually continuing according to the socio-professional categories of the beneficiaries. But while fuel prices continue to soar, reaching new records such as a liter of diesel at more than €1.60 according to the official average, the €100 of this single aid is quickly swallowed up by the continuous increase in the cost of many basic products (food, energy, materials, etc.). The state says it is considering a new boost.
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After recalling the freezing of the price of gas and the limitation of the increase in the price of electricity to 4% – when its cost rises by more than 40% – Bruno Le Maire, Minister of the Economy, declared on the Public Senate set: “ The last subject that remains is the price of gasoline “. Asked about the nature of any additional aid, the minister refrains from naming the avenues envisaged. However, he specifies that this could be reserved for active people, and not for all French people on the sole criterion of their income such as inflation compensation. ” We look at what is possible; I am not closing the door to any solution. I just want to guarantee that it is effective, that it is not excessive for public finances and that it helps above all those who have no other choice, that is to say those who work, and who do not have no other way to go to work than to take their car and fill it with fuel “, he explained.
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Still no tax cut in sight
Asked about France Inter, Gabriel Attal, spokesperson for the Government, suggested that no reduction in fuel taxes was on the agenda, although this solution was adopted for electricity in order to avoid a price increase. ” insupportable according to Bruno Le Maire.
” We will always work on ways to compensate for the increase in energy costs for the French.(…) When you lower the taxes, it is very, very expensive and it has an impact of barely a penny or two on the bill at the end “, advanced the representative of Matignon. Yet taxes represent about 60% of fuel prices, what his interlocutor, the journalist Alexandra Bensaid, did not fail to recall. ” This has a limited impact for a very high budget repeated Gabriel Attal in response. The tracks of a “fuel check” intended for certain employees or a new inflation allowance dedicated to the assets would be on the table, but nothing would have been decided yet.
Sources : Public Senate, France Inter, The echoes
